How To Install ssh-contact-service on Debian 11

In this tutorial we learn how to install ssh-contact-service on Debian 11. ssh-contact-service is establish SSH connections to your IM contacts using Telepathy (server)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ssh-contact-service on Debian 11.

What is `ssh-contact-service`

ssh-contact-service is:

SSH-Contact is a client/service tool that makes easy to connect your telepathy IM contacts via SSH. No need to care about dynamic IP, NAT, port forwarding or firewalls anymore; if you can chat with a friend, you can also SSH him.

This package contains the server side of ssh-contact.

There are three methods to install ssh-contact-service on Debian 11. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install ssh-contact-service Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install ssh-contact-service using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install ssh-contact-service

Install ssh-contact-service Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install ssh-contact-service using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install ssh-contact-service

Install ssh-contact-service Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install ssh-contact-service using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install ssh-contact-service

How To Uninstall ssh-contact-service on Debian 11

To uninstall only the ssh-contact-service package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove ssh-contact-service

Uninstall ssh-contact-service And Its Dependencies

To uninstall ssh-contact-service and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ssh-contact-service

Remove ssh-contact-service Configurations and Data

To remove ssh-contact-service configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge ssh-contact-service

Remove ssh-contact-service configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove ssh-contact-service configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ssh-contact-service

Dependencies

ssh-contact-service have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install ssh-contact-service package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.